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- New Hampshire’s Centennial Celebration of the 19th Amendment | Cow Hampshire on New Hampshire Suffragist, Deputy Commissioner, Public Educator, Club-woman: Harriet Lane Huntress of Center Harbor and Concord (1860-1922)
- Was Your New Hampshire Ancestor a Suffragist? | Cow Hampshire on New Hampshire Suffragist, Clubwoman, Publicist, Civic Leader: Mary Inez (Stevens) Wood of Portsmouth (1866-1945)
- New Hampshire Suffragist, Clubwoman, Publicist, Civic Leader: Mary Inez (Stevens) Wood of Portsmouth (1866-1945) | Cow Hampshire on Portsmouth New Hampshire’s Charity Worker and Suffragist: Sarah Whittier “Sallie” Hovey (1872-1932)
- New Hampshire’s Centennial Celebration of the 19th Amendment | Cow Hampshire on New Hampshire Educator, Suffragist, Civic Leader: Millicent S. Morse of Manchester (1866-1966)
- Was Your New Hampshire Ancestor a Suffragist? | Cow Hampshire on New Hampshire Men Were Suffragists
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Tag Archives: Womans
New Hampshire in WWI: Committee of One Hundred
If you mention the term ‘Committee of Safety‘ to a New Hampshire history researcher, they will probably think of the American Revolution, when trusted prominent men from each town were appointed to regulate and take control of local government, especially … Continue reading
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New Hampshire’s First Woman County Commissioner: Keene New Hampshire’s Grace A. Richardson (1873-1947)
According to Leon Anderson, New Hampshire legislative historian, “Grace A. Richardson of Keene “agent” for that city’s Bureau of Public Service ( a private charitable society) became New Hampshire’s first woman County Commissioner in the 1922 election. She was re-elected … Continue reading
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Tagged Acton, adoption, cemetery, Cheshire, children, club, Commissioner, county, female, first, Grace, Hampshire, Hope, Keene, MA, Massachusetts, Mount, new, New Hampshire, NH, nurse, nursing, politics, Richardson, Visiting, VNA, woman, Womans
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